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REVENGER'S TRAGEDY, THE
by Thomas Middleton | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 27 May 08 | | Opens | 4 Jun 08 | | Booking to | 28 Aug 08 | | Closes | 28 Aug 08 | | Time | Click on Performance Schedule Link (near bottom of page)
| | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Rory Kinnear (Vindice), Adjoa Andoh, Tom Andrews, Ken Bones, Donatella Cabras, Billy Carter, Elliot Cowan, Conor Doyle, Barbara Flynn, John Heffernan, Peter Hinton, Derek Howard, Pieter Lawman, Jane Leaney, Tommy Luther, Katherine Manners, Rob McNeill, Pamela Merrick, Simon Nagra, Rick Nodine, Jamie Parker, Richard Shanks, Ross Waiton, Lizzie Winkler. | | Director | Melly Still | | Design | Melly Still and Ti Green | | Lighting | Paul Anderson | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Paul Arditti | | Producer | National Theatre | | Synopsis | Set in an avaricious world that seethes with vice and retribution. As he holds the skull of his beloved - who rejected the licentious old Duke's advances and so was poisoned - Vindice plots the Duke's grotesque murder. But in a court where adultery, rape and incest are the norm, his vengeance does not stop there. An orgy of ritualistic, even playful, bloodletting follows. | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | 2hrs 40mins | | Review | Review | | Other Info | *is suitable for age 15 and above | | Performance Schedule |
HER NAKED SKIN
by Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 24 Jul 08 | | Opens | 31 Jul 08 | | Booking to | 24 Sep 08 | | Closes | 24 Sep 08 | | Time | Click on Performance Schedule Link (near bottom of page)
| | Tickets | | | Performers | Lesley Manville (Celia), Zoe Aldrich, Julien Ball, David Beames, Ken Bones, Elicia Daly, Joe Dunlop, Susan Engel, Stephanie Jacob, Ruth Keeling, Dermot Kerrigan, Barbara Kirby, Anna Lowe, Nick Malinowski, Simon Markey, Pamela Merrick, Gerard Monaco, Edward Newborn, Harriette Quarrie, Adrian Rawlins, Jemima Rooper, Stephanie Thomas, Tony Turner, Robert Willox, Deborah Winckles | | Director | Howard Davies | | Design | Rob Howell | | Lighting | Neil Austin | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Paul Groothuis | | Producer | National Theatre | | Synopsis | Set against the backdrop of the Suffragette movement. London 1913. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement is at its height. Thousands of women of all classes serve time in Holloway Prison in their fight to gain the vote. Amongst them is Lady Celia Cain who feels trapped by both the policies of the day and the shackles of a frustrating marriage. Inside, she meets a young seamstress, Eve Douglas, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos. | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | | | Review | | | Other Info | | | Performance Schedule |
WAR HORSE
based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 10 Sep 08 | | Opens | 17 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 1 Jan 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Click on Performance Schedule Link (near bottom of page)
| | Tickets | | | Performers | James Barriscale, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Tim van Eyken, Thomas Goodridge, Stephen Harper, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Howard Ward, Alan Williams Kit Harington (Albert), Bronagh Gallagher, Curtis Flowers, Bryony Hannah. | | Director | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | | Design | Rae Smith | | Lighting | Paule Constable | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Christopher Shutt | | Producer | National Theatre / Handspring Puppet Company | | Synopsis | At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. | | B/O Price | £10 - £41 | | Length | 2hrs 25mins | | Review | | | Other Info | Puppet designs and fabrication by Adrian Kohler, video design by Leo Warnerand Suitable for age 12 and above | | Performance Schedule |
OEDIPUS
by Sophocles, in a new version by Frank McGuinness | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 8 Oct 08 | | Opens | 15 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 16 Nov 08 | | Closes | | | Time | Click on Performance Schedule Link (near bottom of page)
PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 23 JULY 2008 | | Tickets | | | Performers | Ralph Fiennes (Oedipus), Alan Howard (Teiresias), Clare Higgins (Jocasta), Patrick Brennan, Steven Page, Christopher Saul, David Shaw-Parker, Malcolm Storry | | Director | Jonathan Kent | | Design | Paul Brown | | Lighting | Neil Austin | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Paul Groothuis | | Producer | National Theatre | | Synopsis | The people of Thebes look to Oedipus to lift a terrible curse from them and their city. He consults the oracle and learns that he must root out the late king's murderer. But his relentless interrogation of one man after another leads inexorably, and in the space of a single day, to his own savage conclusion. | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | | | Review | | | Other Info | | | Performance Schedule |
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR
by Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | Nov 08? | | Opens | Nov 08? | | Booking to | | | Closes | | | Time | Click on Performance Schedule Link (near bottom of page)
TICKETS NOT ON SALE - Repertoire dates not announced yet! | | Tickets | | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Southbank Sinfonia and the National Theatre | | Synopsis | | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | | | Review | | | Other Info | | | Performance Schedule |
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